Game-carrier.



W. G. GILLIAM.

GAME CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12, 1912.

1 ,0'?5,97U. Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

8140mm M55411: m.

% PTNT GAME-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @ct. 14i,1913.

Application filed September 12, 1912. Serial No. 720,009.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILFRID G. GILLIAM, acitizen of the United States, residin at Washington, in the District ofColum ia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGame-Carriers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to game carriers and more particularly to thatclass of game carriers which may be readily secured upon the belt or thewaist band of trousers.

An object of the invention is to provide a device of this character ofextremely simple construction and which will serve to carry a number ofbirds.

Another object is to provide a device of this character including ashank having spaced upper and lower curved plates secured thereto andconnected by spaced pairs of cooperating wires, the shank being swiveledto the supporting member adapted for engagement with a belt or trouserband.

Another object is to generally improve and simplify the construction ofdevices of this character and increase the efficiency thereof.

With this and other objects in View my invention will be more fullydescribed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form partof this application.

in the drawings :Figure 1 is an elevational view of my device secured inposition for use. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a detail view of the game carrier proper. Fig. 4 is adetailviewof the hanger therefrom.

Referring more particularly to the drawings in which similar referencecharacters designate corresponding parts throughout, 10 represents theshank having the eye 11 formed at its upper end and the lower end formedin a hook, as shown at 12. The upper plate 13 is secured upon the shank10 adjacent the eye 11, said plate being preferably of substantiallysemi-elliptical form with the rear edge concave, as shown at 13. Thesimilar plate 14c is secured upon the shank 10 immediately above thehook 12 and is substantially the same form as the plate 13 althoughconsiderably smaller. The rear edge of the plate 14 is also of concaveform as shown at 14. The purpose of cutting the rear edges of the platesin substantially concave form will presently appear.

The cooperating wires 15 are arranged in spaced pairs and have theirlower ends secured to the lower plate and then extended upwardly andoutwardly in contacting relation. Adjacent the plate 13, the upper endsof the wires are bent divergently with relation to each other andinwardly as at 17 and have their extremities secured at 16 to the upperplate 13. One wire of each pair is crimped throughout its straightportion as shown at 15 in order to securely hold the game between saidwires.

he eye 11 is swiveled to the lower end of the rectangular beltencircling member 18 by means of a swivel pin 19 and links 20. Themember 18 is adapted for engagement over the belt 21 and has secured toits upper face at its upper end the turn-ed plate 22 which engages overthe edge of the trouser waist band, as shown at 23, thus preventingsagging of the belt.

It will be seen how the device may be moved to any position desired bysliding the member 18 upon the belt 21.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that a number of birds may becarried upon this device by inserting their feet between the flared oroutwardly curved upper ends of the wires and forcing said feet betweenthe straight portions of said wires. It will also be apparent that anumber of birds may be suspended from the hook 12 by forcing the feetthereof over said hook.

Owing to the extremely simple construction of this device, it will beevident that the same may be readily and cheaply manufactured and willbe highly efficient in use.

The concaved rear edges of the plates 18 and 14C permit the carrierproper to properly rest against the body, thus eliminating the danger ofthe device swinging too freely upon the swivel pin, as will be clearlyunderstood.

VVhile I have shown the preferred form of my device, I wish it to beunderstood that minor changes in the details of construction may be madewithin the scope of the appended claims without departing from thespirit of my invention.

What is claimed is 1. A device of the character described comprising ashank, upper and lower plates carried by said shank, cooperating wiresconnecting said plates and arranged in pairs,

and means for suspending the shank from the belt.

2. A device of the character described comprising a belt engagingmember, a waist band engaging member carried by the belt engagingmember, a shank extending from the belt engaging member and spacedplates carried by the said shank, the lower end of the shank beingformed in a hook, and game supporting means extended between saidplates.

3. A device of the character describedcomprising a shank having itsupper end formed 1n an eye and its lower end formed in a hook, an upperplate carried by said shank and a smaller lower plate carried by saidshank, cooperating wires connected at their opposite ends to sald platesand havmg their upper portions curved outwardly in WILFRID G. GILLIAM.

lVitnesses ALBERT B. NIOHQLSON,

GEORGE R. REPEVTTI.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

- Washington, D. G.-

